I wish I'd seen your video before buying my DisplayLink dock - I didn't think there was any other option. Great to know that USB-C/Thunderbolt is built into the kernal, will keep that in mind on my next dock shopping trip!
You saved me! I couldn't get my expensive Pluggable display dock/splitter to work in linux. Turns out it didn't work in Windows either. It's an issue with my laptop's USB-C port. Then I noticed the display dock has a USB-C to USB-A adapter. I plugged into USB-A instead and it worked in Windows. Switched to Linux, and it works there too! Now I have 4x 4k 60fps external monitors on my laptop in Linux! Thank you!
I have the same ThinkPad dock , and a Lenovo Legion 5 pro. And it works really well on Windows, used the Legion PSU directly in the ThinkPad, and it works great (so i can use the dock for traveling as it is much smaller and lighter). But i am not satisfied with compatibility on Linux. Sometimes when disconnecting/reconnecting monitors won't turn on, usb devices work. Switched back to windows when i bought it, as i had a lot of work but just integrated a ssd and looking to dualboot. Any advices on software side of Linux? What distributions are you using btw?
A random USB-C dock worked on my Debian Buster(factory default kernel) x570 based desktop on first try. Unfortunately, it lasts only about 2 hours when a display is attached to it due to heat. Then I have to disconnect and re-attach everything and wait 5 minutes to cool it down. That kinda depeats the purpose of it but I suspect there are better quality units out there.
I have a horrible edge case, I have 1 type-c port which doesn't transfer video, and now when I want to have a dual monitor setup I just can't. are there any other options?
Thank you for the comment. As I've mentioned in a previous comment, there's constantly cars driving by the window of the studio and the music is to help mask that.
hi, thanks so much for the video it helped me out a lot (although i got a displaylink dock before switching to linux and finally i got it to work). I was wondering for future reference, whether it is safe to assume that thunderbolt / usb ports on docks have display capabilities or they may not - similarly to your descriptions of thunderbolt ports which may not carry displayport capabilities in laptops. I was thinking of a use case where i would get a dock and plenty of monitors to exhaust all the hdmi slots on the dock and still be able to connect monitors through a thunderbolt port on the dock. cheers as always!
Great video! Very helpful! I use a Dell Precision 5540 shipped with Ubuntu and a Dell WD 15 dock. It's been working perfectly for mouse, keyboard, flash drives, ethernet, charging and video. Only when I use the Quadro dedicated graphics card from the laptop, the regular AC power delivered must also be plugged in, but that was expected.
Thanks for making this video. Now I can stop looking for ways to get this dock working on Lenovo S340-15IWL :( You were very helpful. Will definitely be careful when buying laptops in the future!
Just bought a Dell XPS13 9300 13”, 512GB SSD & 32G RAM w UBUNTU 20.04 but want to install Mint instead of Ubuntu. Want to buy a dock that’ll work out of the box & will install Mint when I plug dock & book laptop. What dock would you recommend? Linux newbie here.
I have thunder wavlink docking station it sais it support only mac and windows … i have dual system on my laptop.. monitor through hdmi and type c for laptop worked on windows but not for kali linux … any solution? Thanks
Love your video. I have a multi port hub for my new iPad Air 4 which has only one Type C port and one micro port for giving power but not for charging.. I want to ask if I want to charge the iPad and use the hub at the same time, what should I do ? Please advise , thank you.
Installed Zorin OS as a dual boot alongside Windows yesterday, today I realized that my dock doesn't transmit display to it. Peripherals work fine, but my monitor is not recognized. Display works well in Windows for the most part, most likely I got a bad dock.
Thank you!!! I purchased three docking stations recently to "play with" and its been nothing but anxiety. My mac pro is getting up there in age so that's not helping either. I've been looking at System76 and Dell's XPS with ubuntu to replace the mac, but wasn't sure if that would come with its own set of dock problems. I feel less crazy after watching this and feel I can make more educated decisions going forward. :)
How is the GPU dock video coming along? I am already using one with my X1 Carbon and Arch Linux/Windows dual boot. Works, but I'd love to see your thoughts on it!
QUESTION: You mentioned the Lenovo thunderbolt dock works with the X1 Extreme using only the thunderbolt cable... so does it actually charge the laptop or does it just provide enough power to prevent the laptop from discharging its battery? Thanks in advance!
Hi. Wow. You answered many of my fears and questions. Only one thing is not answered. Can "Thunderbolt 3 Workstation Dock Gen 2 - Type 40AN" be connected to a PC using a USB 3.1 port? Yes he knows, not all funckies could work, because USB 3.1 has fewer cables or data, but would it work at least in part?
Hi Jay, I see you also have the Lenovo X1 Extreme like I do.... I've installed POP_OS 20.04 on mine and I just wanted to know if we could exchange some info how does your work with the docking station?
Id like to know this situation too, i just bought a Lenovo P1 with the Gen 2 docking station and currently running windows 10 HOWEVER id like to ditch windows 10 and go straight to Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10..
I have problem with my Lenovo USB-C Gen 2 dock with my Lenovo E14 gen 2 with ryzen 7 4700u running a 3440x1440p and 1920x1080 teough the dock in Linux, but it works perfect in windows. It works if i have the 1080p monitor into the laptop direct with hdmi running Pop_OS
Interesting, using Kali 5.10 on a Gen3 X1 Extreme it does not seem to be so straightforward - having no luck with the ThinkPad thunderbolt dock so far!
Some GPU docks have been known to work in Linux Mint however it has to be done in the terminal which isn't user friendly. Unfortunately there isn't a single GUI tool that can be used to quickly, and easily setup a GPU dock, which is reliable.
A word on usb dock charging. Mines has a usb power port and i do like that i can charge it via there but what if the laptop gets to 100%? do i have to unplug that usb cable to protect the battery? makes me think that It would be nice if these chargers would charge /lower the voltage to a specific point to prevent over charging..
I would like to ask for help with the following problem. Maybe some of your guys have figured out a workaround or advice... - I have Ubuntu 19.04 running and the Dell D6000 DockingStation with the latest displaylink driver (5.2.14) which does work perfectly but there is one problem: - Problem: whenever i move the mouse the CPU-load goes up to 100% or even more. The laptop gets very loud and noise because it needs to cool this high load.
Thanks, Jay for all your videos. Just got a System 76 Darter Pro 6. Im looking for a docking station with dual HDMI. I am currently using a Lenovo ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 but it works about 90% and seems to have trouble when system high load. Just wondering if you have any suggestions for a dual HDMI dock that works great System 76 Darter Pro 6?
i have a ThinkPad Hybrid USB-C dock (model 40AF) its a hell, i can't get get it to work on Linux mint with my Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL (no display's) with the same laptop on Win11 it works .
It's amazing how i ran into you through duckduckgo search and instantly subscribed. you just covered this whole messy topic with edge cases (that i personally ran into as well ;d), giving a customer literally ALL knowledge that one needs to buy fitting accessory. Thinkpad E595 user here - i needed 15" laptop with numpad and AMD CPU. Basically i've just left my good old Dell e5570 with insanely convenient dock (last designed with this huge connector on bottom). Of course, laptop seller sold me DisplayLink dock which quickly turned out to be pain in the ass due to not only work "decently" under Windows, but having this crippled lag between mouse movement and cursor reaction. Moreover, Ethernet speed was capped at aroung 380Mbps, and depending on complexity of image presented on external monitors, this speed varied xD. Then i found genuine 40A9 dock and quickly turned out that it's expensive but price equals quality. full GbE experience, two DisplayPort connected FullHDs and still some usb port were available. Sweet. Only pitfall i've ran into is unability of "graceful eject" of dock. Once i disconnect it and reconnect computer later, strange things are happening. From not supporting USB ports to not showing image on external displays. Maybye it's another edge case, dunno really, however it's heavily limiting because i need to choose working scenario before i actually start to work. This is being linux only flaw, as i can mess with (un)docking as much as i want under preinstalled Win10. Am i missing something? FC32, 5.8.17 kernel, i3wm.
After my employer closed doors, they allow employees take hardware (docking, monitors, etc). I brought a humanscale docking stating that had working with a macbookpro. I just bought a lenovo laptop and dualbooted with ubuntu. Hard time getting the external monitors to work just to find out on this video that displaylink doesn't work well on linux. Well, I guess I need to get a thinkpad docking stating.
Great video, definitely shed some light on the subject! Actually, I'm trying to setup Alienware 13 R2, with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Lenovo Usb-c Dock 40AS009xxx. Mouse, keyboards, network, and headset are working just fine, but none of the monitors ( I have two plugged on DP) are working .... Any idea about that? Have tried xorg and plenty of available NVidia drivers already.
Ubuntu does not recognize the mouse or keyword plugged into my Kensington SD5300T docking station. My mac and windows computer works just fine. What do I do?
Wonderfully useful video. I’m in Canada, if I switch to the Canadian Amazon following your link will you still get an affiliate fee when I pick up the Lenovo dock? I’ve been looking for one that’ll power my X1 Extreme so I’m glad you mentioned it. If you don’t receive the affiliate fee when I switch countries you should add a Canadian Amazon link to your list. :) I do have a question, actually believe it or not an edge case for the stand... I run my X1 Extreme in dual boot mode, can I still use the unit with the lid closed and get to my Linux boot? Also if it will work with Linux un dual boot mode does it work in standby mode or should I power down when I’m done working? As always thank you for the informative videos.
Thank you. To be honest, I have no idea how the Affiliate thing works through Amazon when it comes to other countries. Considering Canada is literally less than 40 minutes away from me, it would be a shame not to have it counted. By the way, you guys in Canada are AWESOME. I was in Canada several years ago and had a blast, so many kind people and the atmosphere was very welcoming.
LearnLinuxTV Really happy you enjoyed your time here. It’s a funny cliche but Canadians by and large are indeed friendly people. :) I think I’ve heard you say your in Minnesota, if I’m remembering correctly I spent some time off in your neck of the woods (and in Wisconsin) fly fishing and found everyone there just as nice and when it came to advice on lakes to fish and flies to use I got excellent advice. :) I guess we’ll see if Amazon is smart enough to track county changes. I mean they must be right, it has to happen hundreds or thousands of times a day since most links you come across are for the US store but people buy from everywhere. Well know if you see an affiliate fee in late January because that’s when I’m going to grab my hub (since Christmas tends to eat up discretionary cash). Happy Holidays and thanks for all the great content.
I just bought a Lenovo P1 with the Gen 2 docking station and currently running windows 10 HOWEVER id like to ditch windows 10 and go straight to Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10..
I'm currently having trouble with my ThinkPad X1 Extreme running dual boot with Win10 and Ubuntu 20.04. on the lenovo thunderbolt 3 docking gen 1. On windows the dock is working fine, but on Ubuntu 20.04. it doesn't recognize the displays correctly and just shows another "build in display". Does someone has an idea why?
do your docking-stations work with your cpu-load? have you tested with "top" command? display-link really uses much cpu in linux? Is thunderbolt also displaylink, or is it something different? thanks for this video!! finally a way out of this displaylink-hell, yess!! hm, can i use this laptop with thunderbolt? www.dell.com/support/home/de/de/debsdt1/product-support/servicetag/0-Njl4Qkk4cm5TSEQ4TjN2ZEo3Q1JRdz090/overview
Yes, I use my desktop daily. I use Syncthing to sync files between all my machines. When I'm in my office, I use my desktop and I also have my laptop on the same desk you see in the recordings. I have a dock in my bedroom as well, so I can also log in to things there and Syncthing ensures they're all the same.
Also, I have my configuration for all my laptops and desktops done through Ansible, so if I commit a config change, ALL my machines get that same config change. For example, if I commit a change to Ansible to install a package, each of my computers get that change when they next boot up.
I have the same setup, currently running Debian Bullseye. My external monitor works fine through HP USB-C dock using displaylink. github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian . It isn’t the easiest thing to set up, but it works.
Hi Jay! First of all, your channel is amazing, definitely what we linux users needed for deeper understanding. Love all the content you provide. I recently purchased a system76 Gazelle (gaze15) I got the nvidia card and the works, but my current docking station used with my macbook pro (from work) won't work with it. I am trying to find a docking station that I can use for USB connectors and support 2 displays. do you have any suggestions ?
I ended up watching this video because I'm having problem connecting 2 monitors (dell ultra sharp 25) to my laptop Gigabyte 55w v6 which has an HDMI and VGA output. I've tried several adapters like USB-C to HDMI like StarTech CDP2HD USB-C to HDMI Video Adapter Converter - 4K 30Hz or Unitek Y-6316 USB3.0 Type-C to HDMI (4K) Converter but none of those worked for me, despite that they are compatible with Ubuntu. I found out that my problem is my hardware. My USB-C doesn't support alt DisplayPort over USB-C so I'm pretty much fucked. I was advised by a person from StarTech that this adapter STARTECH USB32DP4K USB3.0 to DisplayPort Adapter - 4K can do the job. Now, this adapter use DisplayPort & DisplayLink 4K Plug-and-Display. My question for you is: is displayLink still garbage?
I am sorry but if you are going to keep playing background music while talking I am going to quit watching your videos.I have a hard time concentrating on what you are saying.
I'm not sure why that's hard to hear, the gain of the vocals is much higher than the background music (the background music has a gain of 4%). The reason I use that is because there's constantly cars driving by and I can't edit that out. I thought the music would be better than the cars but I don't know another way around it unfortunately.
@@LearnLinuxTV I am older and have hearing problems,anyway even on a lot of tv shows and movies I have a hard time hearing some voices clearly I could hear yours but the music is loud enough to be very distracting to me.My problem I guess.
I wish I'd seen your video before buying my DisplayLink dock - I didn't think there was any other option. Great to know that USB-C/Thunderbolt is built into the kernal, will keep that in mind on my next dock shopping trip!
You saved me! I couldn't get my expensive Pluggable display dock/splitter to work in linux. Turns out it didn't work in Windows either. It's an issue with my laptop's USB-C port. Then I noticed the display dock has a USB-C to USB-A adapter. I plugged into USB-A instead and it worked in Windows. Switched to Linux, and it works there too! Now I have 4x 4k 60fps external monitors on my laptop in Linux! Thank you!
After displaylink (udl) was merged into Linux kernel, I think it has worked quite well, not like before where you had to relay on a 3rd party driver.
It was merged? I thought their driver was proprietary?
Displaylink is a plague. I am looking for a dual monitor dock with 2xHDMI and 2xDP and every dock i found has Displaylink. Its nauseating.
How do you see if a dock has Displaylink?
Excellent video that told me exactly what I needed to know, and was crystal clear. Thanks!
I have the same ThinkPad dock , and a Lenovo Legion 5 pro. And it works really well on Windows, used the Legion PSU directly in the ThinkPad, and it works great (so i can use the dock for traveling as it is much smaller and lighter).
But i am not satisfied with compatibility on Linux. Sometimes when disconnecting/reconnecting monitors won't turn on, usb devices work.
Switched back to windows when i bought it, as i had a lot of work but just integrated a ssd and looking to dualboot.
Any advices on software side of Linux? What distributions are you using btw?
Does the lenovo dock provide extended desktop (multi monitor) or just mirrored desktop?
OS dependent. You should be able to set it as you wish
A random USB-C dock worked on my Debian Buster(factory default kernel) x570 based desktop on first try. Unfortunately, it lasts only about 2 hours when a display is attached to it due to heat. Then I have to disconnect and re-attach everything and wait 5 minutes to cool it down. That kinda depeats the purpose of it but I suspect there are better quality units out there.
Thanks Kernel 😁
I have a horrible edge case, I have 1 type-c port which doesn't transfer video, and now when I want to have a dual monitor setup I just can't. are there any other options?
Great guide!
Thank you, Jay. Very useful. (You don't need music to liven things up. It is in fact detracting from the clarity of your explanation.)
Thank you for the comment. As I've mentioned in a previous comment, there's constantly cars driving by the window of the studio and the music is to help mask that.
hi, thanks so much for the video it helped me out a lot (although i got a displaylink dock before switching to linux and finally i got it to work).
I was wondering for future reference, whether it is safe to assume that thunderbolt / usb ports on docks have display capabilities or they may not - similarly to your descriptions of thunderbolt ports which may not carry displayport capabilities in laptops. I was thinking of a use case where i would get a dock and plenty of monitors to exhaust all the hdmi slots on the dock and still be able to connect monitors through a thunderbolt port on the dock.
cheers as always!
Great video! Very helpful!
I use a Dell Precision 5540 shipped with Ubuntu and a Dell WD 15 dock. It's been working perfectly for mouse, keyboard, flash drives, ethernet, charging and video. Only when I use the Quadro dedicated graphics card from the laptop, the regular AC power delivered must also be plugged in, but that was expected.
Thanks for making this video. Now I can stop looking for ways to get this dock working on Lenovo S340-15IWL :(
You were very helpful. Will definitely be careful when buying laptops in the future!
Just bought a Dell XPS13 9300 13”, 512GB SSD & 32G RAM w UBUNTU 20.04 but want to install Mint instead of Ubuntu. Want to buy a dock that’ll work out of the box & will install Mint when I plug dock & book laptop. What dock would you recommend? Linux newbie here.
I have thunder wavlink docking station it sais it support only mac and windows … i have dual system on my laptop.. monitor through hdmi and type c for laptop worked on windows but not for kali linux … any solution? Thanks
I'm confused. what USB-C (not Thunderbolt) dock works with a Linux Laptop ? I haven't found any that wasn;t DisplayLink.
Love your video. I have a multi port hub for my new iPad Air 4 which has only one Type C port and one micro port for giving power but not for charging.. I want to ask if I want to charge the iPad and use the hub at the same time, what should I do ? Please advise , thank you.
Installed Zorin OS as a dual boot alongside Windows yesterday, today I realized that my dock doesn't transmit display to it. Peripherals work fine, but my monitor is not recognized. Display works well in Windows for the most part, most likely I got a bad dock.
Thank you! This helped confirm my thinking was correct on a few points.
Thank you!!! I purchased three docking stations recently to "play with" and its been nothing but anxiety. My mac pro is getting up there in age so that's not helping either. I've been looking at System76 and Dell's XPS with ubuntu to replace the mac, but wasn't sure if that would come with its own set of dock problems. I feel less crazy after watching this and feel I can make more educated decisions going forward. :)
Do you enable Support in Pre Boot Environment on thinkpad for thunderbolt?
How is the GPU dock video coming along?
I am already using one with my X1 Carbon and Arch Linux/Windows dual boot.
Works, but I'd love to see your thoughts on it!
Just wonder why my Lenovo T14 runs with a wide screen using Windows, but not with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS using the expensive Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock.
Hello, could you help me? My CentOS 7 says "thunderbolt no support" and my thunderbolt dock does not work.
QUESTION: You mentioned the Lenovo thunderbolt dock works with the X1 Extreme using only the thunderbolt cable... so does it actually charge the laptop or does it just provide enough power to prevent the laptop from discharging its battery? Thanks in advance!
Hi.
Wow.
You answered many of my fears and questions.
Only one thing is not answered.
Can "Thunderbolt 3 Workstation Dock Gen 2 - Type 40AN" be connected to a PC using a USB 3.1 port?
Yes he knows, not all funckies could work, because USB 3.1 has fewer cables or data, but would it work at least in part?
Great guide! Could you talk about egpus as well? The deep learning community would be grateful
I'm working on that now, but I'm not sure how long that will take. Hopefully within a month that video will be out.
@@LearnLinuxTV Where is the gpu dock/egpu video? I can't find it.
Hi Jay, I see you also have the Lenovo X1 Extreme like I do.... I've installed POP_OS 20.04 on mine and I just wanted to know if we could exchange some info how does your work with the docking station?
Id like to know this situation too, i just bought a Lenovo P1 with the Gen 2 docking station and currently running windows 10 HOWEVER id like to ditch windows 10 and go straight to Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10..
I have problem with my Lenovo USB-C Gen 2 dock with my Lenovo E14 gen 2 with ryzen 7 4700u running a 3440x1440p and 1920x1080 teough the dock in Linux, but it works perfect in windows. It works if i have the 1080p monitor into the laptop direct with hdmi running Pop_OS
Interesting, using Kali 5.10 on a Gen3 X1 Extreme it does not seem to be so straightforward - having no luck with the ThinkPad thunderbolt dock so far!
Some GPU docks have been known to work in Linux Mint however it has to be done in the terminal which isn't user friendly. Unfortunately there isn't a single GUI tool that can be used to quickly, and easily setup a GPU dock, which is reliable.
A word on usb dock charging. Mines has a usb power port and i do like that i can charge it via there but what if the laptop gets to 100%? do i have to unplug that usb cable to protect the battery? makes me think that It would be nice if these chargers would charge /lower the voltage to a specific point to prevent over charging..
I'm on Linux btw, I know there is software for windows that do some kind of smart charge for certain laptops.
If a usb c to hdmi dongle works in windows, can I assume my usb C port supports video in linux ?
I would like to ask for help with the following problem. Maybe some of your guys have figured out a workaround or advice...
- I have Ubuntu 19.04 running and the Dell D6000 DockingStation with the latest displaylink driver (5.2.14) which does work perfectly but there is one problem:
- Problem: whenever i move the mouse the CPU-load goes up to 100% or even more. The laptop gets very loud and noise because it needs to cool this high load.
Thanks, Jay for all your videos. Just got a System 76 Darter Pro 6. Im looking for a docking station with dual HDMI. I am currently using a Lenovo ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 but it works about 90% and seems to have trouble when system high load. Just wondering if you have any suggestions for a dual HDMI dock that works great System 76 Darter Pro 6?
i have a ThinkPad Hybrid USB-C dock (model 40AF) its a hell, i can't get get it to work on Linux mint with my Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL (no display's)
with the same laptop on Win11 it works .
great video, and great small gift idea, laptop stand. keep up the great work man. You Rock. #nerdlife
It's amazing how i ran into you through duckduckgo search and instantly subscribed.
you just covered this whole messy topic with edge cases (that i personally ran into as well ;d), giving a customer literally ALL knowledge that one needs to buy fitting accessory.
Thinkpad E595 user here - i needed 15" laptop with numpad and AMD CPU. Basically i've just left my good old Dell e5570 with insanely convenient dock (last designed with this huge connector on bottom). Of course, laptop seller sold me DisplayLink dock which quickly turned out to be pain in the ass due to not only work "decently" under Windows, but having this crippled lag between mouse movement and cursor reaction. Moreover, Ethernet speed was capped at aroung 380Mbps, and depending on complexity of image presented on external monitors, this speed varied xD.
Then i found genuine 40A9 dock and quickly turned out that it's expensive but price equals quality. full GbE experience, two DisplayPort connected FullHDs and still some usb port were available. Sweet.
Only pitfall i've ran into is unability of "graceful eject" of dock. Once i disconnect it and reconnect computer later, strange things are happening. From not supporting USB ports to not showing image on external displays. Maybye it's another edge case, dunno really, however it's heavily limiting because i need to choose working scenario before i actually start to work. This is being linux only flaw, as i can mess with (un)docking as much as i want under preinstalled Win10.
Am i missing something? FC32, 5.8.17 kernel, i3wm.
After my employer closed doors, they allow employees take hardware (docking, monitors, etc). I brought a humanscale docking stating that had working with a macbookpro. I just bought a lenovo laptop and dualbooted with ubuntu. Hard time getting the external monitors to work just to find out on this video that displaylink doesn't work well on linux. Well, I guess I need to get a thinkpad docking stating.
I dont get it, I have the same think pad thunderbolt dock and display does not work on linux Debian 12.5 but works on windows
Great video, definitely shed some light on the subject! Actually, I'm trying to setup Alienware 13 R2, with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Lenovo Usb-c Dock 40AS009xxx. Mouse, keyboards, network, and headset are working just fine, but none of the monitors ( I have two plugged on DP) are working .... Any idea about that? Have tried xorg and plenty of available NVidia drivers already.
Ubuntu does not recognize the mouse or keyword plugged into my Kensington SD5300T docking station. My mac and windows computer works just fine. What do I do?
Figured it out. I had to enable Thunderbolt at the BIOS
Wonderfully useful video. I’m in Canada, if I switch to the Canadian Amazon following your link will you still get an affiliate fee when I pick up the Lenovo dock? I’ve been looking for one that’ll power my X1 Extreme so I’m glad you mentioned it. If you don’t receive the affiliate fee when I switch countries you should add a Canadian Amazon link to your list. :)
I do have a question, actually believe it or not an edge case for the stand... I run my X1 Extreme in dual boot mode, can I still use the unit with the lid closed and get to my Linux boot? Also if it will work with Linux un dual boot mode does it work in standby mode or should I power down when I’m done working?
As always thank you for the informative videos.
Thank you. To be honest, I have no idea how the Affiliate thing works through Amazon when it comes to other countries. Considering Canada is literally less than 40 minutes away from me, it would be a shame not to have it counted.
By the way, you guys in Canada are AWESOME. I was in Canada several years ago and had a blast, so many kind people and the atmosphere was very welcoming.
LearnLinuxTV Really happy you enjoyed your time here. It’s a funny cliche but Canadians by and large are indeed friendly people. :)
I think I’ve heard you say your in Minnesota, if I’m remembering correctly I spent some time off in your neck of the woods (and in Wisconsin) fly fishing and found everyone there just as nice and when it came to advice on lakes to fish and flies to use I got excellent advice. :)
I guess we’ll see if Amazon is smart enough to track county changes. I mean they must be right, it has to happen hundreds or thousands of times a day since most links you come across are for the US store but people buy from everywhere. Well know if you see an affiliate fee in late January because that’s when I’m going to grab my hub (since Christmas tends to eat up discretionary cash).
Happy Holidays and thanks for all the great content.
dual display support?
I just bought a Lenovo P1 with the Gen 2 docking station and currently running windows 10 HOWEVER id like to ditch windows 10 and go straight to Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10..
I'm currently having trouble with my ThinkPad X1 Extreme running dual boot with Win10 and Ubuntu 20.04. on the lenovo thunderbolt 3 docking gen 1. On windows the dock is working fine, but on Ubuntu 20.04. it doesn't recognize the displays correctly and just shows another "build in display". Does someone has an idea why?
do your docking-stations work with your cpu-load? have you tested with "top" command? display-link really uses much cpu in linux? Is thunderbolt also displaylink, or is it something different? thanks for this video!! finally a way out of this displaylink-hell, yess!! hm, can i use this laptop with thunderbolt? www.dell.com/support/home/de/de/debsdt1/product-support/servicetag/0-Njl4Qkk4cm5TSEQ4TjN2ZEo3Q1JRdz090/overview
Do you use your desktop at all? If so, how do you manage your workflow with a desktop and laptop?
Yes, I use my desktop daily. I use Syncthing to sync files between all my machines. When I'm in my office, I use my desktop and I also have my laptop on the same desk you see in the recordings. I have a dock in my bedroom as well, so I can also log in to things there and Syncthing ensures they're all the same.
Also, I have my configuration for all my laptops and desktops done through Ansible, so if I commit a config change, ALL my machines get that same config change. For example, if I commit a change to Ansible to install a package, each of my computers get that change when they next boot up.
@@LearnLinuxTV thank you. Thats great! Ill check those out
The Spectre x360 has a USB-C dock, but the HDMI/DP ports dock do not work with Linux. The USB expansion does though. Does anyone know a workaround?
I have the same setup, currently running Debian Bullseye. My external monitor works fine through HP USB-C dock using displaylink. github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian . It isn’t the easiest thing to set up, but it works.
Thank you! :)
Hi Jay! First of all, your channel is amazing, definitely what we linux users needed for deeper understanding. Love all the content you provide.
I recently purchased a system76 Gazelle (gaze15) I got the nvidia card and the works, but my current docking station used with my macbook pro (from work) won't work with it.
I am trying to find a docking station that I can use for USB connectors and support 2 displays.
do you have any suggestions ?
I ended up watching this video because I'm having problem connecting 2 monitors (dell ultra sharp 25) to my laptop Gigabyte 55w v6 which has an HDMI and VGA output. I've tried several adapters like USB-C to HDMI like StarTech CDP2HD USB-C to HDMI Video Adapter Converter - 4K 30Hz or Unitek Y-6316 USB3.0 Type-C to HDMI (4K) Converter but none of those worked for me, despite that they are compatible with Ubuntu. I found out that my problem is my hardware. My USB-C doesn't support alt DisplayPort over USB-C so I'm pretty much fucked. I was advised by a person from StarTech that this adapter STARTECH USB32DP4K USB3.0 to DisplayPort Adapter - 4K can do the job. Now, this adapter use DisplayPort & DisplayLink 4K Plug-and-Display. My question for you is: is displayLink still garbage?
yes
Dock, docks docks. Docks docks docks docks. Docks. Docks!
GOOSE!
I have to second the fact that DisplayLink is evil.
Lenovo docks use DisplayLink.
Not the one I use and mention in this video.
@@LearnLinuxTV Didn't know they have docks without DisplayLink. Good to know that. That DisplayLink crap is such a pain in any OS including Windows!
It would be nice to see a small video than a 24:30 video. I am more inclined towards a shorter video.
Docking is 90s tech. Wifi is the new docking, your wasting your time.
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I am sorry but if you are going to keep playing background music while talking I am going to quit watching your videos.I have a hard time concentrating on what you are saying.
I'm not sure why that's hard to hear, the gain of the vocals is much higher than the background music (the background music has a gain of 4%). The reason I use that is because there's constantly cars driving by and I can't edit that out. I thought the music would be better than the cars but I don't know another way around it unfortunately.
I agree about the music. Who knows, a different mike. Britney/Garth it with a headset.
@@LearnLinuxTV I am older and have hearing problems,anyway even on a lot of tv shows and movies I have a hard time hearing some voices clearly I could hear yours but the music is loud enough to be very distracting to me.My problem I guess.
2nd
Do you ever stop talking and actually show anything?